“I’m the President and you’re not”—the Time Interview meltdown

While no one ever expected Donald J. Trump to wrest the title of “Honest” from Abraham Lincoln, thanks to Time, we now have alarming proof that he doesn’t just lie, Crooked Donald is utterly disconnected from reality.

With a premise like that, you’d think every politician in the world would be smart enough to simply ignore the request or to at least tell Scherer that he could go…um, go away.

But not Trump: he not only picked up Time’s gauntlet, Trump at first declared that Time had a “cool” story idea that would prove he was always right predicting events.

As he usually does, Trump tried to bully his way over questions to take control of the interview. But Scherer was not to be sidetracked: As the interview continued and the questions got tougher, Trump insisted Time was going to “treat him horribly,” while putting his head on the cover to sell copies and that is why, Crooked Donald proclaimed, he holds the record for Time covers.

But most disturbing of all was how Trump insisted the only principle worth worrying about is “might makes right.” When Scherer backed him into a corner, Trump’s response it didn’t matter what the truth was, “the country believes me.”